Notes to Contributors The Social Psychological Review is the periodical of the Social Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. The periodical has two aims: first, to provide a forum for the dissemination of empirical research papers, theoretical work, and reviews on key topics and issues of interest to the social psychological community; second, to provide a channel for news and information about people, events, and publications that may be of interest to social psychologists. I am particularly interested in receiving submissions from researchers who may have recently completed a literature review, for example for the purpose of postgraduate study or a grant application. I promise researchers who submit review manuscripts that I will seek out respected authorities on the subject of their review to act as referees. To this end, I would be grateful if submissions of this type are accompanied by suggestions from the author as to appropriate referees for the manuscript, including referees’ contact details. In addition, I will ask referees to provide a brief commentary on the review manuscript, for publication in Social Psychological Review. In this way, this periodical should promote communication and debate within the social psychological community. All contributions should be submitted as email attachments (PC format) directly to me. In addition, one hard copy and one disk copy in their original word processor format should be sent to me by post. A camera-ready copy of all illustrations and diagrams should be submitted, as well as a disk version if possible. Original empirical research, literature reviews, theoretical papers: Papers should be prepared according to APA guidelines (American Psychological Association, 2001). Empirical papers should be no more than 5,000 words in length, and reviews and theoretical papers no more than 8,000 words (all word limits exclude tables and references; in special cases I may agree to waive word limits). Research notes, member information, event news and reports, publication reviews Contributions under these headings should be prepared with due consideration of APA guidelines where appropriate. Research notes and publication reviews should be no longer than 1,500 words. Conference reports should be no longer than 2,500 words. Member information and event news should be no longer than 500 words. References American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) Washington, DC: Author. |